“Who is in charge of the clattering train?The axles creak and the couplings strain,and the pace is hot and the points are near,and sleep hath deadened the driver's ear,and the signals flash through the night in vain.For death is in charge of the clattering train.”

Edwin J. Milliken, quoted by Winston Churchill in the debate on the air estimates in the House of Commons, 19 March 1935

a Russian SU-24M jet fighter armed with laser guided bombs takes off from a runaway at Hmeimim airbase in Syria. Russia and the United States signed an agreement Oct. 20 designed to minimize the risk of collisions and other dangers as both countries carry out airstrikes in Syria. (Alexander Kots, Komsomolskaya Pravda, Photo via AP)

Love, when you think about it, is often something that happens even though you do not want. Something profound as risk destroying your whole world if you just let it, but you have to let it, you have no choice.

Kabul (AFP) - A US F-16 was struck by enemy fire in eastern Afghanistan, military officials have confirmed to AFP, in a rare instance of an advanced fighter jet coming under a Taliban-claimed attack.

The multi-million dollar jet sustained significant damage, forcing it to jettison its fuel tanks and munitions before returning to base, officials said.

The attack occurred last Tuesday in the Sayid Karam district of eastern Paktia province, much of which is under control of the Taliban, who have been waging an insurgency against US-led NATO forces and government troops since they were forced from power in 2001.